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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1927
Page
14
A county campaign with the County Agent and Baltimore Chamber of Commerce will teach farmers best methods to curb smut in wheat. A survey shows 65 percent of local grain affected, costing about 12 cents per bushel at elevators. Seed treatment before planting is the key preventive measure to be explained this fall.
Miss Lorraine Magruder of Hagerstown has returned after a summer leading water sports at Camp Joassee in South Carolina. She earned a life saving and canoeing certificate in Brevard North Carolina then guided a group of girls to Camp Jocassee and will begin her freshman year at the University of Maryland in September.
Sparks Circus arrives today with two exhibitions. The parade starts at Willow Lane Show Grounds and travels along Frederick Street to Baltimore Locust Franklin Jonathan Washington and the Public Square on South Potomac Street before returning to the show grounds.
Crowds pack the Willow Lane Show Grounds as Sparks Circus unloads from special trains for a full day of entertainment. The program features The Flag of America with 700 people and 6560 horses, troupe acts including the Alexanders and aerial Walters, and Sioux Indians in The Winning of the West. A downtown ticket office at Rudy's Drug Store offers admission pricing equal to on grounds wagons.
Florence Anderson, an American teacher, was seriously wounded in a train hold up about fifteen kilometers south of Acaponeta, Mexico. J Windsor Ives said up to 15 people were killed or injured. Anderson was treated after the incident and taken to a Mazatlan hospital while she was en route from Mexico City to Los Angeles.
An Air Service flight from Camp Ritchie photographed a battle line and delivered a ground alerting image to Maj Gen Anton Stephan at Shepherd Field. Major William D D Tipton and Staff Sgt Charles H Craig flew the mission during a 24 hour air maneuver over Martinsburg and surrounding towns.
Use FLY-TOX in a spray can to fill the upper room with a fine atomized mist that settles and kills mosquitoes and other insects. Spray ceilings, hangings, closets and screens. it claims not to stain walls or fabrics and is harmless to people. Developed at the Mellon Institute by Rex Fellowship. guaranteed.
Elks of Maryland Delaware and the District of Columbia will be invited to hold their 1928 annual convention in Hagerstown. Delegates Calvert Hartle Karl Young Brewer Stouffer Joseph Mish and Brooke Boyle will attend the 1927 Wilmington convention to extend the invitation and secure acceptance.
Richard Crouse, 13, was riding with his father Charles Crouse on West Franklin Street when the father's truck crossed railroad tracks a following vehicle could not stop and ran over him. He was taken to Washington County Hospital with internal injuries.
Mr and Mrs Robert E Cullen of Nashville Tennessee visited their former home in Williamsport this week reflecting on memories from years past in the city.
About 1510 Potomac Edison employees and families from Hagerstown and nearby towns attended the second day of the fourth annual picnic at Braddock Heights. Tennis finals saw P. E. Kennedy defeat Robert Osborne while golf finals feature Town and Urner. Various events, races, and dancing complemented ice cream and lemonade provided by the company. Moving pictures were taken of the attendees and activities.
A mass meeting will be held at Washington Square MEF Church on Sunday August 28 in support of law enforcement and constitutional government. Hon. Oliver W. Stewart of Chicago will address the gathering. Stewart is president of the Flying Squadron Foundation and editor of the National Enquirer.
Walter R. Thomas and Ralph Foltz have returned from a trip to Atlan. They visited notable sites and reported a positive experience with local hospitality and cultural attractions.
Charlies Gross of Sharpsburg shows apples stored last year remain sound. He took two from storage yesterday and both were flawless and as solid as when placed in storage.
The 1927 Hagerstown Fair will include a horse show mainly featuring saddle horses owned by Washington County residents. The event, previously dropped, was revived after renewed local interest and the success of similar shows in nearby counties.
George Herbert Corder, 36, died yesterday afternoon at 4 of typhoid fever at his home 406 West Franklin street. He leaves wife and daughter Thelma, mother Mrs Fanny Corder, brother John, and sisters Mamie Osborne and Edith Jennings, all of Hagerstown. He belonged to Western Enterprise Fire Company. Funeral at his house Saturday at 2:30 with interment at Rose Hill.
Martha Lambert died at Fairney Memorial Home San Mar after months of illness. Funeral at the Home in San Mar officiated by Rev Dr Scott KR Wagner and Roy Samuel D Lindsay with interment at Leitersburg cemetery. John R O'Brien aged 80 died at 527 West Church Street from heart disease. He was B&O Railroad section foreman for fifty years and survived by a daughter Ida Haller and sons Edward A Frederick and John A Hagerstown. Services held at home Saturday and Mt Olivet Chapel Frederick.
Salem Reformed Church near Cearfoss resumes services on August 28 after extensive remodeling. Founded in 1822, the rural church shows strong growth and an active congregation led by Pastor Rev. Dr. Conrad Clever of Christ Reformed Church Hagerstown. Opening services at 10:30 am and 7:30 pm feature sermons by Clever and music by the church choir with Christ Reformed orchestra.
Martin Jensen, second in the Dole race, joins the air search over Hawaii as reports of phantom flares on a mountain spur prompt planes and ships to search for missing fliers.
Miss Anne Kemp of the King's Daughters headquarters was operated on for acute appendicitis yesterday afternoon at Washington County Hospital. Her parents, Mr and Mrs D Chester Kemp of Frederick, came to Hagerstown, and Mrs Kemp remains at 156 West Washington street during her daughter's illness.
No trace found of seven fliers or life rafts from the missing racers Golden Eagle and Miss Doran or the rescue plane Dallas Spirit which left Oakland last Friday with Captain William Erwin and navigator A. H. Eichwaldt aboard. Army planes searched Mauna Kea after reports of a green flare 8,000 feet up on the island of Hawaii. Miss Doran carried Mildred Doran of Flint Michigan and John Ruggy Pedlar with Lt Vilas R Knope. Golden Eagle carried Jack Frost as pilot and Gordon Scott as navigator. both craft carried green and red emergency flares.
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